Ganahl: Another Big Storm

Still amazed at the Friday storm. Half-a-degree temperature differences made for impressive snowfall variances in just a mile or two. Often it was different in a valley to a hill just in town by as much as a half a foot.  Still Johnstown was high with 17 inches.

Numerous locations in Licking County, to southern Delaware County, to Madison and Union County were between 10 to 15 inches. 

I had 14.7 inches in New Albany. 

Circleville, south of town in the Scioto River Valley, got 3 inches only 15 miles south of Columbus. Yet 10 miles northeast and west of there were 12 inches of snow is on the ground.

Morning lows were 5 to 10 degrees below zero outside of the outerbelt.

The next storm will be a bit different: More wind.

Up to 40 mph gusts Wednesday will shut us down more than Tuesday with temperatures near 32 Tuesday but much colder in mid 20s on Wednesday. 

Mid afternoon computer models are coming in colder.

This means more snow.

40 mph winds Tuesday night and Wednesday.

Here are the snowfall predictions:

5-10 inches north of I-70

4-8 inches south of I-70

12 inches or more for northwest around to east central counties

Enjoy (sorry)

Tuesday night and Wednesday will be very difficult dealing with this storm.

Like last week, some rain mixes in for the same spots that got it last week. Only difference is that the overall area is colder with all the snow on the ground.

RECAP

Remember back to the start of December we were pointing out the location of the jet would be the repeating jet stream for the winter and that was through Texas and along southern states to Mid-Atlantic region. 

This was also the highway for the winter storms, and outside of the two weeks of the January thaw, this pattern has held all winter with record snows and very cold for most of the country east of the Rockies—except the upper Midwest which was farther from the storm track. 

Lack of sunspots also continued the trend of colder temperatures. December -2.3, January -2.3, February -5.8 . 

Snowfall already is 30 to 40 inches in the county for the winter and we have much more to go.

I am sure you will hear soon that the lack of snow for the winter Olympics is because of global warming. Not so. The storm track this winter was bringing them into California and Arizona this season, and they were not in the storm path.

Go to http://weather.nbc4i.com/ for your complete forecast.